Well, I never!

Have you ever been watching a movie with your kids and realized they were about to say a distasteful word so you strategically erupted with a small coughing fit to cover it up? Well I never!

Have you ever secretly taken the batteries out of the most annoying of the noisy, Christmas toys and told the kids it was broken? No way.

Have you ever hidden the wrapper to a snack you shouldn’t have been eating because you didn’t want your kids to see what you’d never THINK of letting them have? Certainly not!

Have you ever saved your most dreaded household chore for the end of the day and then bribed one of your kids to do it for you? Unbelievable.

Have you ever looked in your wallet to discover you were totally out of cash so you raided your kid’s piggy bank just so you could have a Coke at the ballgame? What a disgrace!

Ever want to inquire as to whether your half-day Pre-K’er could be the first to enroll in the non-existent all day program? Surely not!

Ever get so tired of getting up at night to blow snotty noses that you just stuff a few Kleenex under their pillow and tell them if they run out to use their sheet? Unthinkable!

Ever so sick of having to look for winter coats that you designate the bottom of the closet as the appropriate place for keeping them? Tsk! Tsk!

Have you ever considered daily, mandatory, thirty minute walks on the treadmill to ensure the kids are tired enough to go to bed at night without a fight? Scandalous!

Have you ever been so brain dead the most creative meal you could think to prepare for your children was barbeque wienies and mac and cheese? They love it.

Have you ever been so determined to get rid of a cold that you overdid the dosage of Vitamin C, only to realize the side effects of doing so are much worse than wiping a wet nose? Disgusting.

Have you ever been the person who bought that special gift for five boys that you thought was the ultimate, super-cool camping toy only to find out that there was a whistle poking out the bottom of the secret chamber? I’m sorry. I really am.

Have you ever taken the gift you thought was the ultimate, super-cool camping toy and hidden it where there’s no chance that it will ever see daylight again? Smart thinking.

Have you ever been thoroughly excited to share a special event with your family, but when it was finally over you couldn’t wait to get back to the normalcy of life? Ahhh.

And that’s All in a day’s work!